Linux-Misc Digest #770, Volume #20 Thu, 24 Jun 99 13:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Please help: RedHat6.0 Iomega 250 Parallel Zip install and config (The RZA)
Re: Questions not in the FAQ (Chris Aiken)
Re: Which GUI? (mj)
Probs with SCSI Iomega ZIP100 intern ("Stephan Eickschen")
Re: Red Hat 6.0 & LaTeX (Adrian Burd)
Direct Backups (Glen Batchelor)
Re: Parition Magic 4.01 obliterated my ext2 partition (mj)
Re: WIN95 -> Linux box on Serial port! (James Stafford)
Please guide me in buying the right distribution ("Franz GEIGER")
Re: Garbage in floating point numbers? (Johan Kullstam)
logging internet usage (yan)
Re: Missing bzImage file ("Kerry J. Cox")
Re: System.map (David L. Bilbey)
Re: Garbage in floating point numbers? (David B Anderson)
Re: Missing bzImage file (Uri Kerbel)
Re: Probs with SCSI Iomega ZIP100 intern ("Baumans")
ppp0 ppp1 ppp2 devices are up. Why? (hudini)
Re: statically linking in libc5 - legal???? (jik-)
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From: The RZA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Please help: RedHat6.0 Iomega 250 Parallel Zip install and config
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 09:58:41 -0400
Since you have the ZIP 250 drive, you should be using IMM rather than
the
older PPA. Also, instead of 'insmod imm' do a 'modprobe imm'... it
worked for me and I didn't even have to edit my conf.modules file.
bono wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
> Please send reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] just in case I don't see the
> reply on ng.
>
> I am totally new to Linux, have to say that I really love it alot more
> than Windows!!!! However, since I am new I don't know how to config
> hardware....I really hope that someone outthere can help me with
> installing, config and mounting with Iomega's ext 250M Parallet Port Zip
> drive. I had gone through many many pages of HOW TO and still can't
> find the answer at all.
>
> Here is a simple list of hardware I have and hope it helps.
>
> ASUS BX 440 MB, Celeron 300A, Viper770 V-card etc (don't know if any of
> these will help)
> Only 1 HD on IDE1
> 2 CD ROM (but only can mount the primary but I don't need the second
> one) on IDE2
> No scsi card, no printer, Lan connection which works fine. And floppy
> and cdrom works fine mount and umount *cdrom is hp8110i but can't set it
> to writer yet. Still need help on that too*
>
> There is no /dev/sda4 .. line in my fstab file yet and my boot up sweep
> so fast that I can't catch whether the boot up recognize my zip drive or
> not.
> I already have the line as ppa host.... etc from the manual in my
> conf.modules file
>
> When I do a insmode ppa I see about 5 lines of something.. I am at work
> now so I can't type out but if someone is willing to read what I got in
> there I can do a capture at home. However those 5 lines doesn't seems
> to be anything associate with parallel port.
>
> /mnt/zip is created
>
> when I try to do a mount -t vfat (or msdos) /dev/sba4 /mnt I receive an
> error saying something like the block is not recognized ro something
> (will also do a capture to follow up)
>
> Currently there is no entry in the fstab file for the like "/dev/sda4
> /zip vfat user,noauto 0 0" should I add that manually?
>
> I tried to download the imm and zipplus drivers .. no luck becasue when
> doing a make it can't find any /usr/src/linux/.config ... etc
>
> what else am I missing? Please tell me in more detail step since I am a
> rookie on this...
>
> If someone is successful setting up the iomega 250 parallel drive on
> Redhat 6 (or even the 100M which I assume works the same)
> please share this with me....
>
> btw, I also have trouble setting my hp8110i (current cdrom) as a CD
> writer ....if anyone did that with Redhat 6 please also let me know
>
> Many many thanks to you all if I can get my Zip and Cd writer to work!!!
> =)
>
> Bono
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From: Chris Aiken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Questions not in the FAQ
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 09:16:02 -0400
Sorry I'm at the office now so I don't know the exact filenames, but
I can point you in the right direction. Look at the end of your
/etc/inittab
file. There is a reference to a file called prfwm ( I think that is what it
is).
This file is actually a symb link to gdm. Use the "ln -sf" command to
change
this link to point to kdm to get your KDE as your new default.
As far as your cdrom is concerned, you usually can not open the tray
when it is mounted. Use the umount command to unmount your cdrom.
Then re-mount it after you insert a cd.
BTW... Just a note on nomenclature. You do not mount the cd rom or
floppy, etc. What you are actually doing is mounting the "file system"
that is on that particular device. Always umount the file system before
removing the cd or floppy before removing it from the PC.
...hope this helps
...cwa
Rick Nelson wrote:
> Hello all, I've managed to install RH6.0 last night with all the
> knoweldge I got from reading HOWTO's and lurking in this NG, so I now
> reserve the right to ask quesitons. ;)
>
> Anywho, the default Window Manager is Gnome, but I like KDE better. But
> Gnome has KDE menus in it, but KDE doesn't have Gnome's! Is there an
> (easy?) way of fixing this?
>
> Also, if anyone has had success with the SB Awe32 sound card let me
> know. I think it installs correctly, cause when I run sndconfig it says
> device is already in use. But it doesn't play any sounds!
>
> Finally, an intersting problem.... I can mount the CD-ROM, but the drive
> bay door won't open! So I can't change CD's. Anyone else have this
> problem?
>
> Thank you all very much
>
> Rick
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mj)
Subject: Re: Which GUI?
Date: 24 Jun 1999 13:21:40 GMT
Hi,
My experience: I used KDE for a long time, 'cause i thought that i really need
all this KDE thingies (kfm, kppp, kdegames, progs etc), but it was really
boring to wait an our get up the screen (i have a AMD k6-2 300!). Time passed,
and i noticed, that i wasn't using any kde app. i voided them 'cause they were
so slow, and the pager (no scrolling; page flipping has no sense for me) was
making me sick. Then i decided to try Fvwm2. After i discovered the wonderfull
Fvwm2pager module, that lets you scroll around your virtual desktop (my Video
doesn't support virtual desktop in hardware) at a amazing speed, i deleted KDE
from my drive, in the same instant. I tried WM and Enlightenment, but both of
them lacks on freedom on screen. All that window thingies uses to much space.
I think, that Fvwm2 is the most powerfull Window manager, with more speed and
flexibility. After having configured FvwmAudio, i really don't miss KDE.
May the force be with you.
bye.
>On Sat, 12 Jun 1999 17:20:49 GMT, Stewart Honsberger
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted:
>>On 12 Jun 1999 07:28:09 -0400, Steffan O'Sullivan wrote:
>>>There seem to be a plethora of GUI available for linux.
>>
>>AFAIK, there's only one real "GUI" (XFree86), but several Window Managers.
>>
>>Semantics, I know, but I'm annoying that way :>
>
>If you want to be semantically correct, then the answer is "none of the
>above."
>
>XFree86 represents a mere graphical substrate on top of which one may
>implement a variety of graphical user interfaces.
>
>Those interfaces are usually represented by libraries that provide access
>to appropriate "widget sets," and include such luminaries as:
> - Xt
> - Motif
> - Tk
> - Qt
> - GTK
> - FLTK
>just to name a few of the more commonly-used GUI libraries.
>
>A window manager provides a part of the GUI, as the manager of windows and
>the "desktop" (at least, loosely speaking). Different window managers use
>different widget sets, and there are a variety of interfaces that they
>provide.
>
>But strictly speaking, what GUI is in use depends on the tuple that combines
>your selection of application and window manager...
>
>>>Which are the most stable?
>>>Which are the least stable?
>>>Of the stable ones, which are the fastest?
>>>Which are the slowest?
>>
>>I can't quite answer all of your questions, but I'll try from my (somewhat)
>>limited knowledge.
>>
>>I've run the following window managers, and below each are my comments;
>>
>>KDE:
>>Feature packed, Win'95-esque.
>>Massive!
>>Slow! (P166 w/ 64 megs of RAM, and I can see dialog boxes opening?!)
>>Unstable (First app to ever, *EVER* force me to hit the reset button!)
>>
>>I no longer use KDE. I've only got it installed because I can play the games
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From: "Stephan Eickschen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.dev.config,linux.dev.scsi,linux.misc
Subject: Probs with SCSI Iomega ZIP100 intern
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:00:20 +0200
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Hi everybody,
until three weeks ago I had no problems with my Probs with internal SCSI
Iomega ZIP100. Suddenly (?!?) it refused to write anything to any disk.
In detail:
after I cp (a) file(s) to (the mounted :) ) /zip it might happen, that
- ls shows the file(s), but after umount / mount it / they are gone
- ls doesn't show anything
or during cp action /var/log/messages shows that what you find in the
attachment...
I have no problems with it under Windoze95, i.e. I can copy files to
the W95 partition and then use the exploder to put them on a disk...
Any idea???
Thanks in advance,
Stephan
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Jun 24 10:57:34 pinguin kernel: Filesystem panic (dev 08:34, mounted on 08:02:194205)
Jun 24 10:57:34 pinguin kernel: fat_free: deleting beyond EOF
Jun 24 10:57:34 pinguin kernel: File system has been set read-only
Jun 24 10:57:34 pinguin kernel: file_cluster badly computed!!! 0 <> 4802
Jun 24 10:57:34 pinguin kernel: file_cluster badly computed!!! 1 <> 4803
Jun 24 10:57:34 pinguin kernel: file_cluster badly computed!!! 2 <> 4804
Jun 24 10:57:34 pinguin kernel: file_cluster badly computed!!! 3 <> 4805
(...)
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From: Adrian Burd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Red Hat 6.0 & LaTeX
Date: 24 Jun 1999 08:57:04 -0500
Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> One should never update SuSE. One should always re-install SuSE
> completely.
Curious...why is that? I ran the updates from 5.* to 6.0 and 6.0 to 6.1
and have not found any problems.
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From: webmaster-nospam@allspec-d-o-t c-o-m (Glen Batchelor)
Subject: Direct Backups
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:16:00 GMT
Can anyone suggest to me a method for dumping partitions directly
to DDS3 tape drives? I have an 18GB drive with several partitions that
need backing up. Is there a decent backup package for X? I've tried
BRU and it won't run on RH5.1. I can't modify the libraries because
the database server needs the current version.
TIA,
Ryengoth
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mj)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Parition Magic 4.01 obliterated my ext2 partition
Date: 24 Jun 1999 13:36:58 GMT
Hi,
I know one fact:
If you repartition the drive, were you are running Partition Magic from,
you'll have somewhat like a "self swallow" problem, ending up in a damaged
partition. I would run PM from a CD or use the small textversion from floppy.
A friend didn't so, and he lost a entire partition.
bye.
>Walt Shekrota wrote:
>
>> This is what I have heard. PM has always worked for me too but based on
>> recent reports, I refuse to use it anymore.
>
>I've been using Partition Magic since v2.x and never had a
>problem with it. But I have heard of problems from people I
>trust, so I do backup before using it.
>
>> And all this talk of 'backing up' so you can use PM! If you're going to the
>> trouble of backing up the system then why use PM at all. Just restore
>> to a reformatted space.
>
>Let's see: My way 1.5hrs to backup, run Partition Magic to
>do whatever it is I need, reboot, if it works, I'm home
>free; if not another 1.5hrs to restore from the tape. That
>means the best case takes 1.5 hours; worst case 3 hours.
>
>Your way: backup for 1.5hrs, repartition, then restore for
>another 1.5hrs. That's 3 hours minimum, no matter how you
>cut it. I figure I can shave 1.5 hours off your time using
>Partition Magic, and if for some reason it doesn't work I'm
>no worse off than if I did it your way. And in either case
>I end up with a current backup on tape, which is a Good
>Thing to have whether or not you are repartitioning your
>system.
>
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From: James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: WIN95 -> Linux box on Serial port!
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 08:53:16 -0700
James Stafford wrote:
> Lyndon Hills wrote:
>
> > Ferdinand V. Mendoza wrote:
> > >
> > > Folks,
> > > My problem now is
> > > how do I configure the Windows
> > > side to do a null modem networking.
> > > Someone can help, please.
> > > TIA.
> > >
> > > Ferdinand
> > This should be an option in Accessories. if it isn't there then it is an
> > install option from the windows CD. Search help for Direct Connection.
>
> Believe it or not the com program in MS Works works real good to use with
> Linux and a null modem.
>
> jamess
You also might want to check out Direct Cable Connection in the Windows
network utilities. I'm taking a A+ class and last night rigtht after I logged
off I was reading the book it says to use Direct Cable Connection to connect
Windows to another computer with a serial or null-modem parallel cable.
But still I would use the com program in MS Works if you happen to have it.
I've used it before and it worked pretty good.
jamess
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From: "Franz GEIGER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Please guide me in buying the right distribution
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 18:14:21 +0200
I have a bit of SunOS experience and now want to buy an Intel box which
should run Linux. But yet it is difficult for me to see which distribution
is the best to start with. I even don't know where I should start in the web
to look out for some comparisons or so.
Please point me to a location where a newbie has the best chances to read
everything he needs to get a good start.
Thanks in advance
Franz GEIGER
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Garbage in floating point numbers?
Date: 24 Jun 1999 10:16:46 -0400
Rajarshi Bandyopadhyay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> Please take a look at the following 3-line program.
>
> main(){
> float t=0.001;
> float u=1/t;
> printf("%f\n",u); //u expected to be 1000
> }
>
> The actual output is 999.999939.
> On debugging using gdb, we find that t is actually assigned as
> 0.00100000005. This seems to be the cause of the discrepancy.
yes. 0.001 has a repeating (ie non-terminating) binary expansion. it
has been approximated. consider representing 1/7 in a decimal
scientific notation system with finite precision.
> What is the reason for this garbage at the tail of the fp number?
> I am writing a program which depends on the precise values of fp
> numbers and this problem is f****ing it all up!
sorry. i think you are bringing unreasonable expectations as to what
floating point is, what it can do for you and how to work with it.
> How do I get around it?
expect floating point values to be approximate and program accordingly.
--
johan kullstam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (yan)
Subject: logging internet usage
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:24:53 GMT
How can I create a log of internet usage?
Ideally, I am looking for a log that shows user (or internal network
IP number), time, and URL requested.
I am using ipfwadm and ip masq, RH 5.2.
Thanks,
Yan
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From: "Kerry J. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Missing bzImage file
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:33:10 +0000
Uri,
Doing a find always works for me.
[root@quasi /]# find / -name bzImage
/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage
/boot/bzImage
Hope that helps.
KJ
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Uri Kerbel wrote:
> I looked in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot
>
> but it isn't there!!!
>
> Uri
>
> On 24 Jun 1999 13:35:36 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >Uri Kerbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> >= After executing the following sequence:
> >
> >= make dep
> >= make clean
> >= make bzImage
> >
> >= I cannot find the bzImage file anywhere. What can I do to rectify
> >= this?
> >
> >find /usr/src -name bzimage
> >It's in the /usr/src/linux directory tree somewhere...
> >Can't remember where off hand though.
> >
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From: David L. Bilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: System.map
Date: 24 Jun 1999 15:48:37 GMT
+-----On Wed, 23 Jun 1999 18:56:47 +0100, mist spoke unto us:----------
| David L. Bilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed to us that -
| >I just moved up to kernel 2.2.10 (from the 2.2.5-?? in RH 6). The problem
| >is on boot: I get a message about System.map being the wrong kernel
| >version. Does anyone know why? This never used to happen to me when
| >upgrading my kernel.
| >
| My version of Redhat keeps a copy of the System.map in /boot, so I
| imagine yours would too. Copy across System.map from /usr/src/linux
| after you compile the kernel to /boot/System.map-2.2.10 and then symlink
| that to /boot/System.map. Hopefully that should remove the message.
Thanks for the help. It didn't seem to mess anything up, but I am annoyed
bye errors. Thanks again.
dave bilbey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David B Anderson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Garbage in floating point numbers?
Date: 24 Jun 1999 16:27:17 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Rajarshi Bandyopadhyay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Please take a look at the following 3-line program.
>>
>> main(){
>> float t=0.001;
>> float u=1/t;
>> printf("%f\n",u); //u expected to be 1000
>> }
>>
>> The actual output is 999.999939.
>> On debugging using gdb, we find that t is actually assigned as
>> 0.00100000005. This seems to be the cause of the discrepancy.
>
>yes. 0.001 has a repeating (ie non-terminating) binary expansion. it
>has been approximated. consider representing 1/7 in a decimal
>scientific notation system with finite precision.
>
>> What is the reason for this garbage at the tail of the fp number?
>> I am writing a program which depends on the precise values of fp
>> numbers and this problem is f****ing it all up!
>
>sorry. i think you are bringing unreasonable expectations as to what
>floating point is, what it can do for you and how to work with it.
Rajarshi Bandyopadhyay should read
"What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point
Arithmetic"
By David Goldberg
ACM Computing Surveys, Vol 23, No 1, March 1991
as it's a classic and will help explain why
Johan Kullstam is correct.
"How to Print Floating-Point Numbers Accurately
Guy L. Steele Jr and Jon L. White
PLDI, 1990, June 1990 proceedings
and
"How to Read Floating Point Numbers Accurately"
William D. Clinger
PLDI, 1990, June 1990 proceedings
are interesting, though focused on the problems
indicated by their respective titles.
Regards,
David Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Uri Kerbel)
Subject: Re: Missing bzImage file
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 15:38:43 GMT
Don't worry - I've managed to recover it. Thanks for your help!
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 15:57:20 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Skeet) wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I looked in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot
>>
>> but it isn't there!!!
>
>What did the final lines of make bzImage look like? They should give you
>clues as to where it went - or any errors which stopped it being created
>at all.
>
>--
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>http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/
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From: "Baumans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.dev.config,linux.dev.scsi,linux.misc
Subject: Re: Probs with SCSI Iomega ZIP100 intern
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:01:11 GMT
ehh looks like you set it ro .
Stephan Eickschen wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi everybody,
>
>until three weeks ago I had no problems with my Probs with internal SCSI
>Iomega ZIP100. Suddenly (?!?) it refused to write anything to any disk.
>In detail:
>after I cp (a) file(s) to (the mounted :) ) /zip it might happen, that
>- ls shows the file(s), but after umount / mount it / they are gone
>- ls doesn't show anything
>or during cp action /var/log/messages shows that what you find in the
>attachment...
>I have no problems with it under Windoze95, i.e. I can copy files to
>the W95 partition and then use the exploder to put them on a disk...
>
>Any idea???
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Stephan
>
>--
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Stephan Eickschen Tel. : +49 (0)251 83-34704
>Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Fax. : +49 (0)251 83-36100
>Institute for Geophysics
>Research Unit of Physical Glaciology email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Corrensstrasse 24
>48149 Muenster
>Germany
> http://earth.uni-muenster.de/~eicksch/
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From: hudini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ppp0 ppp1 ppp2 devices are up. Why?
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:17:03 -0500
I use '/sbin/ifup ppp0' to connect to net and '/sbin/ifdown ppp0' to
disconnect... last night when I was already connected I typed
'/sbin/ifup
ppp0' by mistake... I then tried to disconnect with '/sbin/ifdown
ppp0' and I couldn't... After checking '/sbin/ifconfig' it revelead
devices lo, ppp0, and ppp1...when I usually only have lo and ppp0... I
couldn't connect to the net again...
I hate to reboot. I tried to restart rc.local, rc.sysint, inetd,
etc... Nothing got rid of ppp1... Why couldnt the script detect my
ppp0 and avoid creating ppp1?
I also noticed that the records for the ppp* devices are in
/proc/net/dev... which has only read permissions... I understand that
the whole /proc can not be touched. Thanks...
I don't want to reboot for a stupid mistake like this.
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From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: statically linking in libc5 - legal????
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 06:41:20 -0700
Michael Samson wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> If I statically link in libc5 or libc6, do I have to provide source code?
> Our company cannot provide our source code do to our competitors.
> What are the laws of the GPL?
both C libs are covered by the LGPL so linknig to them in any maner
simply requires that you make available all object code to the program
so that people may choose to recompile against a different version of
the library in question. I would not forsee this being an issue and you
could just deal with it if it ever came up.
However, you would not gain anything by doing so unless your targetting
a system which hasn't got the library your using...especially the C
library which is always in memory on a linux system anyway. You should
compile shared and then you don't have to worry about it at all.
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